We know what these measures do. They delay economic adjustment and recovery; they extend economic hardship, regardless of whether we call the hard times a depression or a "great recession."

57. The Other Colonies Resist Tea

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10/09/2009 Murray N. Rothbard

Pages 269-271 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.

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